[You challenge a man but once to a duel to the death, and suddenly everyone turns against you... What times these are!]

Indeed she has! These are the daughter of Nereus, he who tells no lies, and in their company my mother delights far more than in the company of my father, worthy Peleus. Moreover, they shall stay with her long after I her beloved son have gone down to the house of death - she need never be lonely, therefore.

[This he says lightly enough, but in his words weighs a measure of solemnity, which he follows with a thoughtful sip of the punch, thus draining the cup.]